Jimmy Speirs
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Married with two young children, Speirs would have been exempt from conscription, but he volunteered to join the [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] in 1915. He was promoted to [[lance corporal]], [[corporal]] and [[sergeant]], and won the [[Military Medal]] for bravery in the field, but was killed during the [[Battle of Passchendaele]] in August 1917, at the age of 31. |
Married with two young children, Speirs would have been exempt from conscription, but he volunteered to join the [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] in 1915. He was promoted to [[lance corporal]], [[corporal]] and [[sergeant]], and won the [[Military Medal]] for bravery in the field, but was killed during the [[Battle of Passchendaele]] in August 1917, at the age of 31. |
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==Early life== |
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Speirs was born on 22 March 1886 in the [[Govan]] area of [[Glasgow]], Scotland, the fifth of six children of James Hamilton Speirs and Janet Shields Speirs (née McLean).{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_James_Spiers.pdf |title=Jimmy Spiers – Footballer |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143035/http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_James_Spiers.pdf |url-status=dead }} By 1901, the family had moved to nearby [[Govanhill]] and Jimmy worked as a [[clerk (position)|clerk]].{{cite web|url=http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/6401.html|title=Early years and family|access-date=1 July 2008|publisher=jimmyspeirs.co.uk|archive-date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812175641/http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/6401.html|url-status=dead}} It was in Govanhill that Speirs' [[association football|football]] ability was first shown, when he played in the junior football circuit on the black ash pitches of Glasgow, for Annandale, during summer tournaments.{{cite web|url=http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/11301.html|title=Annandale|access-date=3 July 2008|publisher=jimmyspeirs.co.uk|archive-date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812172217/http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/11301.html|url-status=dead}} |
Speirs was born on 22 March 1886 in the [[Govan]] area of [[Glasgow]], Scotland, the fifth of six children of James Hamilton Speirs and Janet Shields Speirs (née McLean).{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_James_Spiers.pdf |title=Jimmy Spiers – Footballer |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143035/http://www.scotlandswar.co.uk/pdf_James_Spiers.pdf |url-status=dead }} By 1901, the family had moved to nearby [[Govanhill]] and Jimmy worked as a [[clerk (position)|clerk]].{{cite web|url=http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/6401.html|title=Early years and family|access-date=1 July 2008|publisher=jimmyspeirs.co.uk|archive-date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812175641/http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/6401.html|url-status=dead}} It was in Govanhill that Speirs' [[association football|football]] ability was first shown, when he played in the junior football circuit on the black ash pitches of Glasgow, for Annandale, during summer tournaments.{{cite web|url=http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/11301.html|title=Annandale|access-date=3 July 2008|publisher=jimmyspeirs.co.uk|archive-date=12 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812172217/http://jimmy-speirs.co.uk/11301.html|url-status=dead}} |
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==Football career== |
==Football career== |
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